The Cores and Their Meanings
Key to the Whirlwood School of Magic: A goblin-made key to one of the countless doorways at the Whirlwood School of Magic. It summons the infinite powers of friendship, love, & home. With this wand core you may find your magical power invigorated by bravery and hope. This key is also ideal for spells that thrive on happy memories.
Goblin Gold: This enchanted gold comes from depths of the Earth only reachable by skilled goblin miners. Thousands of feet underground, pockets of gold steep in fumes carrying magic from wizards & witches of long-deceased civilizations. With a wand carrying Goblin Gold, you will find your magic heightened by the power of the Earth & the forgotten talents of the ancients.
Unicorn Tail Hair: Among their many gifts, Unicorns emit a unique & powerful magic that envelops their surroundings like an invisible mist & induces perfect harmony in everything it touches. With unicorn hair enchanting your wand, you will feel at your most powerful when using magic in pursuit of peace & grace.
Crystal Point: Harvested deep within the Forbidden Forest, our Clear Quartz points harmonize a witch or wizard’s energy currents and thereby produce a general magnification of their magical talents. These crystals have also been known to heighten one’s foresight - indeed, the centaur population of the Forbidden Forest claims to wear them in rituals to manifest prophetic visions.
Dragon Heartstring: Like the Phoenix, Dragons typically live many centuries. Elder Dragons are known for acquiring unparalleled wisdom, which herpetologist witches and wizards have discovered lives on in the Dragon's heart even after it stops beating. With Dragon Heartstring enchanting your wand, you will feel your magic guided & focused by the wisdom of ages.
Dwarf Unicorn Horn: Dwarf Unicorns, discovered in the 1600s by a Czech witch zoologist, are highly valuable to wand lore. Unlike full-sized unicorns, Dwarf Unicorns continually shed & regrow horns small enough to serve as wand cores. Yet, like their larger cousins, Dwarf Unicorns horns are enchanted to heal that which they touch; to remove poison from water, or infection from a wound, for example. This wand core will amplify the powers of those witches & wizards seeking to fight injustice & heal the world.
Vampire Fang: This core is not for the faint of heart, though it derives from such. To this day, the workings of the black magic that possesses the undead eludes even the brightest witches & wizards. What we do know is this: to wield a wand with a Vampire Fang at its core is to invite powers unknown, yet great, from realms beyond that of the living, into your witchcraft or wizardry.
Tarantula Leg: The Tarantula Leg is a common choice for those partial to dark magic. Its role in hexing potions & other malevolent alchemy is well documented. As inhabitants of the world’s most hostile habitats, Tarantulas have evolved to possess great cunning, which, when transferred into a wand core, manifests a witch's or wizard’s prowess in the dark arts.
Phoenix Feather: Phoenix feathers are born of ash & smoke in the species’ unmistakable, semi-millennial rebirth of fire. A witch or wizard wielding the power of the Phoenix Feather will rise again & again from the ashes of life’s adversities, developing within themselves unbounded resilience.
